Wednesday, August 31, 2016

It's September 1st and today is all abouta brand new Farm Fresh ChallengeatThe Greeting Farm! As you know, a new
challenge is issued at the beginning of every month over on the TGF blog
and this time around it is... 'Office Supplies'. So whether you grab some paperclips or the stapler, ledger or graph paper, add brads or tape (of the washi variety), you can't go wrong plus you just might win a $50 gift certificate!

I figured this month's theme was perfect for a back to school or teacher appreciation type card and SSSC Styling Anya looked like she could be a hip and happenin' kind of teacher ready for her first day. So I paired Anya up with a bunch of different office supply type goodies and even found the perfect sentiment that looks just like a dictionary entry. I think Anya and her students are going to have an amazing year. :)

Alrighty friends, have fun with this one. I can't wait to see what you create!

I've got one last card to say goodbye to summer and it features one of the happiest looking little stamps that I have ever seen. This pool princess is from the Roberto's Rascals Splashies set and the pure joy of her is absolutely infectious. There was no way that I was going to make her sit and wait an entire year before fulfilling her card destiny. I could just picture her enjoying a quick cool down in the back yard with the sun shining above. The sentiment is from a new Mama Elephant set that I got recently and as soon as I saw it sitting on my desk I knew it would pull this whole card together. Her swimsuit is paper pieced from a sheet of Doodlebug Under the Sea paper and this is why I love me some 6x6 paper pads... the shrunk down designs are the scale for adding to stamped characters. All in all, I can't think of a cheerier way to send off the season. :)

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Work was crazy busy yesterday so I didn't get a chance to relax in the crafty room and get a summer card made. Luckily I have a few more Halloween cards made for the recent TGF release so the ol' blog doesn't have to sit idle today. So here's another feisty feline from the Scaredy Cats set and I love how this adorable guy is peeking out of the pumpkin. The sentiment that I chose seemed to be made especially for him and the addition of some of the candies from the set pulled it all together perfectly. Not to mention I had this great candy paper in my stash of Halloween goodies that I finally got to use on a card. :)Alrighty, I should get moving. Hopefully I have a bit more free time in my schedule today.Laters!

Monday, August 29, 2016

So this past weekend wasn't as sunny as I had hoped it would be so there was no pool time in my days. Still, I didn't think that this cool little Pure Innocence should miss out on the opportunity to chillax under the end of summer sun. She's called Fun in the Sun and I love how this stamp adds a bird's eye perspective to the card. I did do a tiny bit of altering by lengthening her pigtails so that they trailed down into the water. I based the layout loosely on the current sketch challenge, just flipping the sketch on it's side and tilting her air mattress a bit so she wasn't so straight horizontal. It's a simple CAS card but I think it sums up these last lazy days of summer to a 'T'. :)Talk at'cha tomorrow crafty peeps!

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Today's the special Halloween release over at The Greeting Farm and both the Peek a Boo and Scaredy Cats sets are available for purchase right now! These adorable mini clear sets are perfect for making Halloween cards that are quick but still super cute. For my card I'm using the funny little witch cat from the Scaredy Cats set and have her sailing across a moonlit sky. Doesn't she look like she's having a blast?Now don't forget that if you hop on over to the Greeting Farm blog right now and leave a bit of love for all the creativity my fellow Farmers are sharing, you will be entered into a give-away where one
random winner will take home both sets along with the
coordinating dies!

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

We're continuing the surprise Halloween clear stamp release over at The Greeting Farm today! There are two spooktacular sets being released in the store tomorrow and today we are previewing the super fun Peek a Boo set. There are six little ghosts included in the set, each one dressed up in a different Halloween costume. There are also a bunch of great sentiments and a cute bat and jack o'lantern too. For my card I chose to stamp up the devilish ghostie a few times to create an entire boo crew. I think I like these guys so much because they kinda remind me of the ghost baddies from the old Super Mario video games... am I dating myself too much with that admission? LOL! Anywho... I created the flaming background with an oooooold Heidi Swapp mask and a trio of Distress Inks. It always feels great to pull out those old tools and putting them to use again. Then I grabbed the little 'trick or treat' sentiment included in the set and repeatedly stamped it along the outside edge of the card to create a border.Now hop on over to the Greeting Farm blog and check out the cards my fellow Farmers have created. And come back tomorrow for the blog hop, we'll be doing a give-away to celebrate the release and one
random winner from Friday's comments will take home both sets with the
coordinating dies!

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

We've got a surprise Halloween clear stamp release happening at The Greeting Farm this week... woot, woot! There are two spooktacular sets being released on Friday and today we are previewing the adorable Scaredy Cats set. I don't think it's a secret that I'm a cat person, having a handful of furry felines that are a part of my family, so this set had me purring with Halloween excitement. There are four kitties all dressed up for the holiday along with some great sentiments and little extras. For my card today I chose this chubby kitty dressed up as a not-so-spooky bat. Talk about cute, this little fella looks like he's had way more treats than tricks, LOL! Now be sure to head on over to the Greeting Farm blog and swoon over the creativity of my fellow Farmers. And come back tomorrow for the next tease. We'll be doing a give-away on Friday when both stamp sets are released, one
random winner from Friday's comments will take home both sets with the
coordinating dies!

I just realized that I'm running out of time to get my last summer themed cards for the year done and on the blog. Where has the time gone?! As it always seems, I've got more stamps still waiting in the wings than I've got days left before September hits so some will have to wait 'til next summer. This little cutie from the Aloha set got to come out and play because I got some new Doodlebug Fun in the Sun papers recently and I was dying to cut into them. If I'm honest I did not think that this pineapple print would be the first to get used but when I saw this fun sentiment on Pinterest the idea was sparked and I just had to go with it. This Anya was perfect because not only did her arm look ready to hold a pineapple but she also looks super sweet inside and out. :)

Monday, August 22, 2016

I've got a CAS card to share today that I made for this month's "anything goes" challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil. I've had Summer Fairy Finna sitting on my hard drive probably since last summer so it was high time to get her on a card. I could just picture Finna sitting down at the edge of a flowing stream watching the little fish flit to and fro beneath the surface. This challenged me to try and color and create the scene as I envisioned it. The grassy dunes are ok, could still use some more practice with that but I am really happy with how the water turned out.

Friday, August 19, 2016

Today's the day to announce the winner of my 2,000th post goodie giveaway, how exciting! Many thanks to everyone who chimed in and said hello, newbie or long time follower it was a lot of fun to read each and every one of your comments. I keep up this blog primarily as a place to record the cards that I've made and to simply share my love for coloring and paper crafting so it has been a pleasant bonus getting to know so many special and wonderful fellow crafters during this time. ♥

Alrighty then, without further ado... the winner chosen by random.org is...

Really quickly, I would also like to enter this card into the current sketch challenge over at MFT. Granted, it's a very loose interpretation of the sketch layout but I swear I started off with it as my inspiration. That and I really wanted to play with some of my new stamps, LOL! Not only did I use two of the cuties from the Magical Dragons set but I also tried out the mirror image stamp to 'flip' the baby dragon so he was facing the direction that I wanted for my design. I've gotta say folks, that mirror image stamp is ingenious! I am SO happy with how well it works and it will be staying in a permanent spot right on my desk so it is always at hand when I need it.

Thursday, August 18, 2016

This darling gal is one of the newest Gorjuss Girl stamps and her name is The Little Friend. She's another stamp that has been rather neglected considering I got her during my month of mermaids but now was the perfect time to finally get her on a card of her own. Something about her fun and funky ensemble, with the galoshes and apron, had me picturing her working out in her flower garden. But it's not just any ol' ordinary flower garden, no... Little Friend is all about being creative and eclectic. That's where this pretty paper from the Happy Glamper collection comes into play, I love how it makes it look like she has planted her flowers in old jars and re purposed light bulbs. Now I think I will enter this card into the current "anything goes" challenge over on the Sugar Nellie blog since I've missed the last couple months.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

It's my day to post on the TGF blog and I figured one last mini mermaid card to wave goodbye to summer would be appropriate. I don't know about you but I've been noticing the days getting shorter and already the nights are just a bit cooler... fall is on its way. But before the season really takes a turn, this pretty little mermaid from the Little Mermaids set wants to let everyone know that they mermaid to be awesome. Which is totally my favorite sentiment from this set by the way. I paired her up with a cool whale stamp from Papertrey Ink stamped in a very light grey then colored him very lightly before rubbing the aqua ink right over top which I think really succeeded in throwing him into the distant background. Mer is probably on her way over to grab a flipper and hang on for the ride. :)

I figured it was about time to show the boys some love with a down and dirty guy card, LOL! Creeper Jack from the first Creepin' kit had the punk rock soul I knew would be perfect for this background idea that I'd been toying around with. Ever since I got this cool brick wall stencil that creates the illusion of the corner of a building I could just picture a funky little beat boy hangin' out there, showing off his mad dance moves for a little extra cash in his wallet. The old school boom box really helped to pull the entire scene together, now Jack can totally rock out. And I'm sure Jack couldn't possibly be responsible for all that graffiti on the wall behind him. Talk about having a lot of fun with the entire creative process. I know I don't make nearly as many guy cards as I do girly cards but it's funny how when I do they tend to be some of my most favorite makes. :)

Monday, August 15, 2016

As soon as these new Fairy Queen digis hit the A Day For Daisies store last month I knew I would have to get a few of them, talk about gorgeous! Fairy Queen Violet is my absolute favorite of the bunch so she was first in line to get on a card. She looks just like a delicate blossom herself with that big ball gown mimicking the petals of a flower so I grabbed this pretty floral paper from Bo Bunny once again. This time around I wanted to pull my colors primarily from the small elements of pink and orange in the print. The ombre skirt was a bit of a challenge but I'm very happy with the end result. Since I didn't have a lot of the paper left to play with I went with a very CAS design and I think it suits Queen Violet nicely, it gives her room to breath.

Friday, August 12, 2016

So as I've been posting this past week I noticed that I was creeping up on post number 2,000... that is quite the milestone! That's two thousand cards made and shared right here on the ol' blog. And look who I got just in time to help me celebrate, a new Wild Sprout named Hanna! Hanna is the Super Secret Stamp Club stamp for August and I was thrilled to finally see a Wild Sprout joining the Farm. I'm such a fan of the Sprouts, always have been, and Hanna is just the cutest! As I colored her up she was looking like she could be a fellow cat lover so I cut this panel from the Doodlebug Kitten Smitten paper to create an instant background. Now Hanna has a beautiful pink home and three little feline friends to keep her smiling.

Now I couldn't let this 2,000th post pass without a little giveaway to celebrate and thank all of you for making A Thousand Sheets of Paper one of your online stops. Since I've been cleaning and organizing the crafty room lately I've started to fill a little box full of stamps, 6x6 sheets of paper and there will be even more goodies thrown in as well. This will go to one lucky person you comments on this post by next Thursday telling me how long you've been following, doesn't matter if it has been years, months or even days, everyone is eligible to win. Then I will let random generator pick a winner and announce it on Friday, August 19th.

Again, thank you for sticking with me through 2,000 posts it truly means the world to me! :)

Thursday, August 11, 2016

LOL, I couldn't help myself! Yep, I've got a quick card to share today using one of the 6 Baby Fairies from Mo's Digital Pencil. This little guy is called Fergus and he totally makes me smile waving his little bum up in the air like that. I know that the description says these stamps are boys but I think they are pretty unisex and it just depends on what colors you use, so I went a bit girly by finding some cute floral paper to paper piece the bloomers with. Then when I was searching for a sentiment this Paper Smooches one absolutely cracked me up when paired with this cheeky little fairy. All in all I had way too much fun creating this card. :)

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

I got some new Doodlebug papers and goodies the other day and really wanted to create something cute with the Kitten Smitten collection because the colors are so pretty. Then I remembered that the current SOG Facebook challenge is "fins, feathers or fur"... perfect! So I grabbed my binder of SOG stamps and look who was on the very first page... Cat Lady Kaylee, what a fun image! She has five kitties showing her some love just like it is at my own house so of course I had to color them up to look like my boys. The sentiment comes from a small Papertrey set and I think it fits this 'crazy' cat gal to a 'T'. :)

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Can you believe this sweet, simple card featuring one of the little Anyas from the Mega Mini Amazing set has been sitting on my hard drive ever since we did previews a couple months ago? I spotted it the other day when I was doing a computer clean up and I'm just shaking my head at myself. So here she is in all her pink prettiness to say hello and thanks. The sentiment is also from The Greeting Farm and I just stamped the line repeatedly after inking in a slightly darker pink box to ground and group everything together. The 'thanks' is a coordinating TGF die, making this card very quick to complete.